The documentary “Les Hijabeuses” has won the 2025 Action Grant from Breaking Through The Lens, a nonprofit that focuses on using financing to address gender inequity in the film industry.
The UK film, which is the second winner since the grant program began, receives 10,000 Euros. “Les Hijabeuses” chronicles a group of Muslim women soccer players in Paris advocating for their place in the game in the face of discrimination. Erin Sayder and Rita Baghdadi are the film’s co-directors and producers, and Camilla Hall serves as executive producer.
“I am over the moon to have received this grant from such a trailblazing and important organisation. It has
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